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This week's Match Up and Kell stuns Marist, looks ahead to Lovejoy

This week GPB's Football Fridays aka the second round of the GHSA playoffs heads to Robinson Memorial Stadium in Suwanee for an epic North Georgia/South Georgia tussle featuring the Bulldogs of North Gwinnett and the Packers of Colquitt County. This matchup features two of the state of high profile coaches in Bob Sphire , and Rush Probst. Our coverage on the GREAT GPB and GPB.org shortly before 8PM in Primetime immediately after the state cheerleading championships from Columbus. Join Mark Harmon, Jon Nelson, Trey McDaniel, Lindsey Thiry, legendary coach Dave Hunter, Moi and our outstanding crew on this Friday night.

Our web game features McEachern and Lassiter. Coverage at GPB.org/sports with Fletcher Proctor, Bob Houghton, and Rachel Daniels starts at 7:30PM.

Back to last Friday night the Kell Longhorns pulled the shockers of all shockers defeating and ousting Marist 30-7 from the opening round of the playoffs. The Longhorns seized a 23-to nothing lead and never looked back. Kell's victory denied Marist's Alan Chadwick his 300th career coaching win and ended the War Eagles 28 game consecutive home playoff game winning streak in Hughes Spaulding Stadium.

It was a huge night for the Longhorns tailback Jordan Chambers, quarterback Clay Dodson, wide receivers Devon Williams, and Hunter Marshall. This week the 9-2 Longhorns travel to Henry County to face the Wildcats of Lovejoy.

What a job Head Coach Derek Cook and his staff have done. Cook is now 35-11 in his four year run at Kell after leaving South Cobb. Both Chambers and Dodson joined me on GPB Sports Blog to talk about the Longhorns win.

Again, join the GREAT GPB this Friday on all our media platforms for GHSA playoff football. Also follow us on Twitter, and friend us on Facebook. See you on Friday.